Overview:

A Rakdos aristocrats deck led by Gev, Scaled Scorch that focuses on dealing consistent damage through sacrifice effects and death triggers while buffing creatures through life loss triggers. The deck incorporates several infinite combos and strong value engines.

Primer:

The deck operates on multiple axes, primarily utilizing sacrifice-based strategies to generate value and deal damage to opponents. The commander, Gev, Scaled Scorch, provides additional value by buffing creatures when opponents lose life, which synergizes well with the deck's numerous ping effects and death triggers. Key combos include Murderous Redcap with Phyrexian Altar for infinite damage, and Exquisite Blood combinations for life drain loops.

The deck's early game focuses on establishing value engines through cards like Black Market Connections and Phyrexian Arena, while setting up sacrifice outlets and death trigger payoffs. The mid-game transitions into more aggressive plays, using the commander's ability to create larger threats while maintaining consistent pressure through damage effects. The deck can win through combat damage, death trigger accumulation, or infinite combinations.

Weaknesses:

The deck is vulnerable to graveyard hate and can struggle against heavy creature removal, as many of its synergies rely on creatures dying or staying on the battlefield. Rest in Peace effects are particularly problematic. The deck has limited answers to enchantments and can be disrupted by cards like Torpor Orb that shut down death triggers.

Most Important Cards:

• Phyrexian Altar
• Exquisite Blood
• The Meathook Massacre
• Black Market
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
• Pitiless Plunderer
• Bastion of Remembrance
• Impact Tremors
• Black Market Connections
• Demonic Tutor

Attribute Ratings:

• Speed: 7/10
• Resilience: 6/10
• Consistency: 8/10
• Interaction: 7/10

Rating Justification:

The deck features a strong tutor package and multiple win conditions, allowing it to consistently threaten wins around turns 6-7. While it includes powerful combos and value engines, it's not quite fast enough to compete with high-powered decks that can win by turn 3-4. The presence of multiple tutors, efficient interaction, and redundant pieces puts it above casual builds, but the reliance on creature-based strategies and somewhat slower combo execution keeps it from reaching higher power levels.

Final power level rating: 6.5 - 7.0

The deck sits firmly in the optimized to focused competitive range due to its consistent execution, strong tutor package, and ability to threaten wins through multiple paths while maintaining interaction. It's too powerful for casual pods but not quite optimized enough for high-power or cEDH tables.